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Job Description

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures. Includes seismograph shooters.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-5031.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 54,580.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 26.00
Currently, there are 6,310 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters”.

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Tasks for “Unexploded Ordnance Quality Control Worker”

Compile and keep gun and explosives records in compliance with local and federal laws.
Assemble and position equipment, explosives, and blasting caps in holes at specified depths, or load perforating guns or torpedoes with explosives.
Examine blast areas to determine amounts and kinds of explosive charges needed and to ensure that safety laws are observed.
Connect electrical wire to primers, and cover charges or fill blast holes with clay, drill chips, sand, or other material.
Clean, gauge, and lubricate gun ports.
Signal hoist operators to lower torpedoes or sample-taking guns into wells and to raise equipment for sampling from blast holes after detonation.
Insert, pack, and pour explosives, such as dynamite, ammonium nitrate, black powder, or slurries into blast holes; then shovel drill cuttings, admit water into boreholes, and tamp material to compact charges.
Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.
Tie specified lengths of delaying fuses into patterns in order to time sequences of explosions.
Observe odometers, weight indicators, and instrument panels in trucks in order to position guns at predetermined points in wells.
Repair and service blasting, shooting, and automotive equipment, and electrical wiring and instruments, using hand tools.
Lay primacord between rows of charged blast holes, and tie cord into main lines to form blast patterns.
Light fuses, drop detonating devices into wells or boreholes, or activate firing devices with plungers, dials, or buttons, in order to set off single or multiple blasts.
Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.
Maintain inventory levels, ordering new supplies as necessary.
Place explosive charges in holes or other spots; then detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials.
Move and store inventories of explosives, loaded perforating guns, and other materials, according to established safety procedures.
Insert waterproof sealers, bullets, and/or powder charges into guns, and screw gun ports back into place.
Drive trucks to transport explosives and blasting equipment to blasting sites.
Obtain samples of earth from sidewalls of well boreholes, using electrically exploding devices.
Mark patterns, locations, and depths of charge holes for drilling, and issue drilling instructions.
Measure depths of drilled blast holes, using weighted tape measures.
Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
Insert powder charges into chambers of sidewall sample-taking cylinders, and assemble cylinders, using special wrenches.
Repair electrical instruments, using electricians' hand tools.
Cut specified lengths of primacord and attach primers to cord ends.
Connect gun chambers to electric detonating devices, and operate controls at panelboards, in order to detonate charges in guns or to ignite chemical charges.
Set up and operate equipment such as hoists, jackhammers, or drills, in order to bore charge holes.
Set up and operate short-wave radio or field telephone equipment to transmit and receive blast information.

Related Technology & Tools

Laptop computers
End cutting pliers
Perforating casing guns
Remote blasting systems
Electronic shock tube initiators
Avalaunchers
Hand chisels
Protective respirators
Fixed blade knives
Phillips head screwdrivers
Resistance testers
Wire loop pullers
Longnose pliers
Explosive blasting caps
Blasting machines
Pallet jacks
Personal computers
Equipment dollies
Harpoon retrievers
Torpedo levels
Digital voltmeters
Wire cutting tools
Wire strippers
Lowering hooks
Spring scales
Flashing warning lights
Discharge hoses
Extension ladders
Non-electric delay detonators
Tamping rods
Hand shears
Seismic activity recorders
Stakebed trucks
Conduit bending tools
Insulated pliers
Digital multimeters
Stake flags
Rubber mallets
Short-wave radios
Crescent wrenches
Overhead cranes
Grappling hooks
Balance scales
Remote firing devices
Long period delay detonators
Fuse testers
Protective safety glasses
Portable cranes
Safety fuses
Vernier calipers
Hoisting equipment
Fuse cutters
Wood wedges
Digital calculators
Millivoltmeters
Digital ohmmeters
Digital micrometers
Portable air compressors
Explosives funnels
Phase rotation meters
Detonating cords
Explosives handling robots
Safety cones
Plastic plugs
Explosives time delay fuses
Electrical circuit testers
Padded gloves
Loading poles
Digital ammeters
Clinometers
Short period delay detonators
Meggers
Tractor-trailer trucks
Folding knives
Hydraulic pressure gauges
Blast hole tubing
Electricians' knives
Safety harnesses
Transport trucks
Ring gauges
Right angle prisms
Laser rangefinders
Wheeled wire dispensers
Bore hole thermometers
Test lamps
Hard hats
Blasting cap crimpers
Coated gloves
Hole savers
Galvanometers
Instantaneous electrical detonators
Shock tube detonators
Digital wattmeters
Non-contact voltage testers
Wire cleaning brushes
Hacksaws
Temperature data loggers
Forklifts
Tongue and groove pliers
Mobile radios
Portable signal generators
Pneumatic drilling equipment
Protective ear plugs
Depth measurement gauges
Warning sirens
Surface connector blocks
Perforating capsule guns
Surveyors leveling rods
Dewatering pumps
Day boxes
Ammonium nitrate fuel oil ANFO loaders
Safety goggles
Jackhammers
Precision tweezers
Tie-down equipment
Weighted tape measures
Blasthole drills
Plumb bobs

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